Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 109 of 1000: महासक्तिः · Mahāsaktiḥ
Of Great Attachment
Artha
What the name means
Her hold on her own is a great one, an attachment that does not slacken however far she rises.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ महासक्त्यै नमः
oṃ mahāsaktyai namaḥ
om mahasaktyai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, mahāsaktiḥ, as part of Shloka 40. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
The Devanagari admits two resolutions, mahā + āsakti and mahā + sakti, both meaning a great clinging; many editions instead read mahāśaktiḥ, 'the great power', which fits the surrounding kuṇḍalinī names.
she whose attachment is great
vigraha mahatī āsaktiḥ yasyāḥ sā
great, vast
attachment, clinging, devotedness
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 40Names 107–111
तडिल्लतासमरुचिः षट्चक्रोपरिसंस्थिता ।
महासक्तिः कुण्डलिनी बिसतन्तुतनीयसी ॥ ४० ॥
taḍillatāsamaruciḥ ṣaṭcakroparisaṃsthitā
mahāsaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī bisatantutanīyasī
Study the whole shloka: Lightning above the six wheels, and the name at last
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- mahasaktihom mahasaktyai namah
- ITRANS
- mahAsaktiHOM mahAsaktyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- mahAsaktiHOM mahAsaktyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- మహాసక్తిఃఓం మహాసక్త్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಮಹಾಸಕ್ತಿಃಓಂ ಮಹಾಸಕ್ತ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- മഹാസക്തിഃഓം മഹാസക്ത്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- மஹாஸக்திஃஓம் மஹாஸக்த்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- મહાસક્તિઃૐ મહાસક્ત્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- মহাসক্তিঃওঁ মহাসক্ত্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ମହାସକ୍ତିଃଓଁ ମହାସକ୍ତ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ